Dd has a new cough, do we all isolate??

[Helenj1977]

Someone in her school was sent home earlier with a cough and she's now coughing.

Temp is 37. Do we all isolate, just her?? If she gets a temp will calpol bring it down?

I'm so bloody confused on what to actually do.

unsymptomatic people in same household don't have to self-isolate.
95% of coughs will still be ordinary colds.

It does mean the self isolating person is limited to a coupke of rooms. Not pleasant.

Thank you. Its a cough that started yesterday evening. She's 12 so could stay on her own.

It really isn't clear. Does she stay in her room?

Its common sense - either she stays in her room and you have no contact with her, or you all isolate.

unsymptomatic people in same household don't have to self-isolate.

It is because of this that I don't see how this new advice is any good whatsoever.

If it is CV, we know that asymptomatic people are infectious. So just the one person self-isolating doesn't actually do anything at all to stop the spread does it?

Almost like it is a placebo measure designed to look like they are doing 'something' while actually ensuring continued spread.

Sorry I wasn't clear earlier it's my 7 year old who had the temperature i was told he was the one who needed to self isolate the rest if us are fine apparently we are all locked down (his 11 year old brother too) I had no intention of leaving the house but no one will get gas for me so I'm going to have to take them in the car leave them shut in and get it my flipping self I'm annoyed that after asking people outright to help no one will yet everyone is sharing the advice #bekind help your neighbours dont panic buy

I need new friends

If it is CV, we know that asymptomatic people are infectious. So just the one person self-isolating doesn't actually do anything at all to stop the spread does it?

People with symptoms are more infectious. And the cough is probably not coronavirus.

What a depressing thread this is, people just snarking at someone asking for simple advice and then not even giving them the correct current advice.

Self isolate. The advice at home is not that she has to stay in her room. But 2metres away from unsymptomatic household members

A friend of mine is a doctor working alongside the emergency dept. She told me she was annoyed and surprised at the amount of people coming to a&e saying they have coronavirus symptoms and can they be tested. After the advice to stay away from gp and hospital and only call 111 or 999 if struggling to breath

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/

Here is the advice on self isolation. She doesn’t have to stay in her room but try to avoid close contact.

Family members don’t have to isolate currently. Reasoning is that you are significantly less infectious before symptoms start and most infectious in first 3-4 days. So this will not stop all transmission but it will reduce and that’s our current strategy.

And you can’t assume it’s coronavirus. It might well be any of the other things that we all get. So you may end up needing to isolate multiple times.

The trouble is that the official guidance flies in the face of common sense and everything we know about how diseases spread! It's a political fudge and it goes against the grain, but if OP's livelihood is at stake, what choice has she?

So at the moment she has a normal temp? (37)

So what's a continuous cough? I've started coughing about every 10-15 minutes but have no fever. Is this continuous or sporadic?

And it is confusing, because stuff you wouldn't view as anything other than a mild annoyance in normal circumstances now has to be assessed in a new way. And nowhere is there a clear definition of continuous cough to assist with that.

I'd say continuous.

As much as possible yes.

Sorry

Does she stay in her room?
Yes

I'd rather be safe than sorry.

She should stay in her room as much as possible. Keep a distance when going to the toilet. Disinfect after she's been. Open her bedroom windows.
Etc.

Yes self isolate

Has her temp gone up or is it still 37?

36.7 now and the cough has gone.

We won't be self isolating. I'm guessing that's the right thing to do. Is the cough supposed to last a day, 2? I wish they'd give us better guidelines.

This is absolute bull shit of our government. The amount of people posting here who are clueless, what about the rest of the UK?

I understood the cough thing to be for a new cough. So not one that you’ve already had for a week or so before the advice was given (eg I have an annoying post-pneumonia and asthma one which isn’t relevant).
Also not a “throat clearing” type one-off cough: coughing a few times a day counts, clearing your throat a couple times doesn’t.
Does that sound correct?

Helen I would assume you should be self isolating, as have had cough & still have temperature.

Saz12 - the temp is normal.

Saz12 I guess so - I just wish they'd specify. It's not throat clearing, more that tickly cough at the top of your lungs that never quite makes it feel better.

I wouldn't normally think twice about going around with a cough like this. It started yesterday so the timing is rubbish, but it's yet another in the long line of nursery illnesses to visit our household. I guess it's a case of accepting that the bar is lower at the moment.